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(“Three of Hearts” quilt (left) by Ellen Pahl, $4.99.)
Are you harboring UFOs (unfinished objects) in your sewing space? Some projects can be so fun to begin—and so frustrating to finish! Perhaps color choices, piecing problems, or quilting quandaries make us set a project aside. Sometimes, it just feels like a particular project will never get done. And that leads to this week’s question:
If we all traded UFOs, what’s the one UFO you’d give away—and why?
Post your answer in the comments before noon (PST) on Monday, January 21, for your chance to win. The winning comment will be posted on Wednesday, January 23, along with the next question.
Last week’s Quirky Question was, “When you have 30 minutes of free time, how do you typically spend it?” Here’s the winning response:
“If I find or create 30 minutes of free time at home, I pick up one of my quilting books or magazines looking for inspiration for a new project. If I’m out shopping or running errands, I can always find 30 minutes to wander through a fabric shop and dream of owning all of the fabric in the shop so I could just look at the colors and feel the textures. I’m a very visual person and I really need color in my life so having a bad day at work means I’m going to my LQS on my lunch hour just to regroup and regain my happy side.”
Last week’s winning comment was written by Joyce. Congratulations, Joyce—look for an email about how to get your free eBook.
I bought a quilt kit at my local shop. I have read the directions twice. The directions are complicated. Impulse buy on my part.
—Betty Gracie on January 16, 2013Can I give it to someone to finish then swap it back? LOL! If so, my improv coin quilt. I’m finding it a HUGE challenge to be wonky. I can do improv well, but I really can’t do wonky well.
—Jean on January 16, 2013Hmmmmmmmmm….I thought long and hard about my UFO’s and got to thinking. How many UFO’s do I really have? I went into my sewing room (which is under massive re-organization), and saw that I have only three UFO’s! I was surprised I didn’t have more! The one I would give away is this little wall quilt of a hand-appliqued rooster crowing at the morning sun with a little chick beside him. The sad thing is it’s almost done! I guess at one time…eon’s ago…I was thinking I liked roosters? LOL I don’t even remember why I have it! oh boy!!!! Anyway, that is my UFO that I would give away as I now have a HUGE to-do list of wall quilts I have fallen in love with from Martingale’s….sigh! ps….I am purchasing the "Three of Hearts" wall quilt pattern as soon as I post this! I have GOT to make this for my mother!
—Justine on January 16, 2013I have a sweater that has spent the last several years without sleeves – it’s my only UFO right now, so that makes the choice easy. I’d probably still choose this if I had other UFOs, this sweater deserves to have it’s sleeves!
—KittenWithAWhiplash on January 16, 2013I would surrender a Christmas project UFO because I never seem to have time to get all of the holiday projects completed before December 25. The logical things to do would be to keep working on them through January and be finished with them, but red and green kind of lost their charm when I move on into a new year of sewing projects.
—Janet Brown on January 16, 2013Honestly, I’d have almost as hard a time parting with a UFO as with one of my children! I did recently win quilting on a quilt as part of a blog hop and managed to send one and it was lovely to have it come back finished but it was hard to let someone else work on my quilt! I do, however, have a mohair teddy bear that needs his arms attached and I MIGHT be able to let someone else finish him (once they pry him out of my fingers!)
—Beth Strand on January 16, 2013When I was first learning how to quilt, I made blocks for a sampler. I’m quite sure that my 1/4 inch seams were not 1/4 inch and the blocks are all different sizes. The fabric is nice but not at all my colors! I’m pretty sure that is one UFO that will never get finished, but that doesn’t mean it was a waste of time. I certainly learned a lot in the process!
—Kathy on January 16, 2013Probably the fan lap quilt from last year. It was my first attempt at a stack & whack and after I had it partially quilted, I found some areas that need larger quarter circles . That’s going to be a pain in the behind to fix because I’ll have to do it by hand because there’s no way I’m un-quilting it. I’d LOVE to let someone else do it – LOL!
—Sheila Craft on January 16, 2013I cannot believe it, but I finally finished up all my UFOs. I have a lot of kits and projects ready to start.
—Sharon Lichter on January 16, 2013I currently have 97 UFOs and you want me to pick one! Technically, they aren’t **MY** UFOs – they belong to my husband because he challenged me to have 100 Quilt Tops and HE would purchase a Long Arm and do the quilting! I started in 2010 and have almost met the challenge! He was able to purchase a floor model at a Quilt Show for considerable discount; however, we have not been able to set it up at home yet (various issues) to start practicing and finishing all those quilt tops. We are hoping to get it going this spring and those UFOs will begin to go out to their respective charities.
—Lois Heath on January 16, 2013I would trade a 3 year old UFO that I started at a retreat. It’s called "Jelly Diamonds". It uses a jelly roll, and strips are sewn together in a set and then cut on a diagonal to made the diamonds. All of the seams are SUPPOSED to match up. An accent strip is then sewn to the sides of the diamonds and it’s put together with setting triangles.
—Pat on January 16, 2013NONE of my seams match up, and I cut up a yard of fabric to try to make the setting triangles, and still do not have them right.
Problem is that I LOVE the fabric, so I’m going to try to offset the diagonal strips, or do something else with it. My goal is to finish all of my UFOs before the end of the year. I started with 22 and am down to 12.
It would have to be the Thimbleberries quilt I started 10 years ago. I had just moved to a new town – and my quilting stuff was in boxes – but I was so needing a quilting fix that i joined a Thimbleberries Club at the local quilt shop to keep myself sane. It has never been finished..
—sara on January 16, 2013UFO’s, oh those…I have two of the same quilts in a box almost a year now to be worked on. Just fabric and instructions. They could be there a few more years and I might open the box again and take another look but most likely I will use the fabric for something else. I seem to have lots of stash, and am always looking for inspiration.. UFO’s??? Is that what it’s called? lol….and I just thought it was the bank for material to be made up ??? lol….
—diane on January 16, 2013I have a paper pieced tumbling blocks UFO that’s been in progress for about 2 decades. You’d think it would be bigger, but it’s still fairly small. I recently did get it out and do a few blocks while watching football, but there’s still a long way to go!
—Diane on January 16, 2013I know I’m to late but! I’m trying to make a lap cover my 82 uncle who is over 6 feet tall. I’m making a double friendship design. I decided on brown, orange, gold. Some solid some print, it’s so ugly. I’ve riped it apart three times now to get the correct color combo’s but I am still not happy. I’ll have to hang the blocks on my wall and look at them for a day or two and decide then. So far I’ve cut up about 4 yards of fabric making a 4×5 8″ block quilt! rediculous
—Rita McCart on January 16, 2013I have a quilt that is done in browns and I just don’t like the look of it so would be very glad to give it away. Just yesterday, I was trying to think of who I could give it to or maybe just donate it to charity.
—Leann Williams on January 16, 2013I would love to give away my infamous UFO which was originally started in 1988 and hasn’t been touched since I moved home to Scotland over 20 years ago now! It is a cross stitch kit of an art deco lady by Teresa Wentzler and is either called Night or Day. I would include the frame it is still on as I had to buy another one as well as its unstarted paired kit! I still love the end product but just don’t have the inclination to stitch it!
—Meg Murray on January 16, 2013My late husband was famous for his UFO collection many of which I finished but the one he was working on when he died was framed unfinished in his memory and is the UFO I would never be parted from!
Several years ago, I did a "dotty" BOM. Sounded great at the time! Bright blues, lime greens, brilliant reds. Was fun to work with each of the blocks and see how it came out. HOWEVER…. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to finish the darn thing. It is impossible to match any of the colors, and with the yellows, blues, reds and greens the blocks are sooooo busy! Perhaps it should have been a go "batty" BOM….
—Melissa Staib on January 16, 2013I have many many UFO’s to finish or get started on I have so much material that I can’t seem to get started to finish anything what I would propable give away is material My idea is to make quilts and I buy the material and then it sit here I spent most of my time in my sewing room but I don’t seem to make any progress. I have a bigger room I am trying to move into but I have back trouble’s and I can’t seem to get it done. I just got to take the time and do it Pat
—P. Carbery on January 16, 2013Which UFO would I give away? hmmmmm…..I can honestly say I would not give any of my UFOs away! I quilt, do crewel embroidery, and needlepoint, with a little bit of cross-stitch and some odd and end things. I started pulling out my UFOs in December, after a surgical procedure, and decided to finish them AND then give them away! In the past when I gave someone my unfinished UFO to complete, they didn’t finish it either. I found when I complete it, I get a great sense of satisfaction and pride, and the enjoyment on one’s face when I give it away is priceless!! So I’ll just make a few more stacks for those UFOs and work on them really hard so they will give pleasure to someone when they are completed! That way I can put my own label on them and be remembered for a little bit of joy, happiness and love that has been sent!
—Andrea Wolfe on January 16, 2013A "boyfriend sweater" I started knitting and now the "boyfriend" is no more! (Don’t worry … that’s a good thing!)
—Debbie Constable on January 16, 2013It would definitely be the blocks I won at the quilt guild. They are beautifl blocks, BUT, they are all different colors and styles of fabric. Some are modern, one is definitely Christmas material, 2 are civil war reproductions and a couple are pale prints. UGH, what can I do with them? Any ideas?
Yikes, Mary Ann, that IS a conundrum! I hope you get lots of suggestions. It sounds like my best friend and me: sometimes we need to be separated or we cause too much trouble
! My suggestions: If they’re small, you could glue them to card stock and make them into greeting cards. You could take the individual blocks and put borders on them to make doll quilts (or if they’re large enough, you could skip the borders). Or, take an individual block, layer it, quilt it and bind it and use it as a candle mat or mug rug.
~Cornelia
—Mary Ann on January 16, 2013The blue and white flannel quilt that is all cut up with each group nicely labeled. The problem is I don’t remember what the pattern was!!
—Bev Nichols on January 16, 2013I don’t remember what quilt design it was, but I DO REMEMBER why I stopped on it!I had to fussy cut the most beautiful birds & set the blocks on point…I now dislike those ugly birds a lot! & forget ‘on point’ Only points I see, are devils horns!! Would be nice if little aliens would come down & take that UFO project out of my sewing room!
—Diane on January 16, 2013Please, please, somebody relieve me of a double bed sized quilt top assembled by my mother. It is composed of some very nicely done Sunbonnet Sues appliqued to huge unbleached muslin squares which are set together without sashing. The resulting blank space is begging for some adornment like additional applique or fancy quilting and I have no ideas. Any other UFO gratefully accepted in exchange!
—Robin Wilkinson on January 16, 2013I probably have 10 UFO’s in my sewing room. I do have a "block of the month" set of blocks that just need to have a couple more blocks completed to finish, then set together. They are pretty and well done, but I just got tired of vintage colorways, and am "into" brights now. There are more quilts in my "head" than I can ever finish, with fabric already purchased that I won’t live long enough to do. *SIGH* BUT, I will NEVER be bored! (-;
—Jane McKay on January 16, 2013The UFO I would send off would be a sampler block quilt which was my first project ever. The colors are very strong – almost overwhelming to me now and I cannot figure out how to tone it down and make it into a presentable quilt. Plus the poor thing has been a UFO for 16 or 17 years now.
—Pamela McPherson on January 16, 2013I would reluctantly give away my school house quilt. It is so beautiful but I started to hand quilt it many moons ago. It is just begging to be finished, only not by me! It needs the loving home of a hand quilter, not a speed demon longarmer who is always behind the gun of teh clock.
—kathy on January 16, 2013I have at least 7 unfinished quilt projects! One of these is unfinished because I was sent an incomplete kit by a quilt shop that went out of business shortly after I found out that some fabric was missing. I have yet to find the right fabrics to finish it! I also have a BOM that I am afraid to quilt because I don’t want to mess it up. Who knows when I will finish either of these!
—Roberta Kennedy on January 16, 2013The Giant Christmas stocking I thought I would whip up one year! it would be beautiful, it’s several stripes of creams and white and tan! But I could fit in it, whenever it would be done, and I am not a tiny lady!
—Cathy on January 16, 2013I have a load of UFOs. All of them have their own story of woe. A few of them are made using techniques I don’t like or find difficult. Some are the result of my changing tastes in fabric and colors. I have 4 that I love, but am unable to figure out how to finish then. I would give away one of my favorites, because I would love to see it finished. It is a giant star quilt made with 3.5 inch novelty charms from an internet quiltalong last year. I am having problems inserting the background triangles. It would be a wonderful quilt for a child and I hate to see it go to waste.
—KatieQ on January 16, 2013The one UFO I would give away is an aghan that I started for my
—JoyceW on January 16, 2013grand daughter when she was a child. SHE is now 28. It is a Precious Moments and I am not into Cross stitch anymore. Can’t believe after quilting that I ever liked it.I have to admit it is cute, just can’t make myself finish it.
I would trade a quilt I started for my girlfriend, I’ve since given her something else, because I ran out of fabric at the pieced border…even though I purchased the required amount on the pattern. Since it isn’t ‘scrappy’, I can’t decide whether to try and finish it, even if I don’t have enough of the right fabrics, or just take it apart and leave it sans borders. But, I am about to decide, because I have made a pledge to purge EVERYTHING from my sewing room that no longer has my interest. It is all going to good homes, just not mine! (This came after spending the past 2 years completing more that 50 of my UFO’s and with only a few remaining, it’s time to let go! I plan to finish those last few-such a cleansing feeling!)
—Vicki Tymczyszyn on January 16, 2013I currently don’t have any UFO’s, Lots of UFO Wannabes though. I have purchased material to make curtains and a bedspread quilt for my room, and have been procrastinating because I can’t figure out which pattern I want to follow to make them. So I am making other things until I finally make up my mind what I want to do with it. I am currently working on making a quilted wall hanging and a matching sewing machine cover that is a Chevron pattern. The Three of Hearts quilt is really cute!!! It would be fun to make.
—Kathy Gates on January 16, 2013I have several UFO’s that need to be finished. I have quilt that I started for my Mom before she passed away. It is a log cabin and I started hand quilting it. I had the silly idea in my head that as long as I was working on it she would be okay. That didn’t happen and it has now been 10yrs. and the quilt is still not finished. I would like to finish it for my Dad, so that is my goal for this winter.
—Cynthia on January 16, 2013Did you know UFO’s cause wrinkles? I recently finished a UFO that had been in my to-do pile for about 14 years (would definitely give that one away if I hadn’t finished it). Comparing a picture of me from 14 years ago to one today; Yup….wrinkles. Told ya.
—Karen on January 16, 2013Oh my, I would be willing for them to come pick the one they want to do. I have about 50 quilt tops to be quilted, I seem to enjoy making the quilt tops but not quilting them. It would be easy for me to say I will put together two quilt tops for you if you would quilt one for me.
—Connie on January 16, 2013The UFO I’d gladly give away is a satchel type bag made of upholstery fabric, Craft-Tex interfacing and a pretty lining fabric. It would be a great overnight bag. I had it almost finished and was trying to top-stitch the strap handles but had such a hard time sewing them with the interfacing in them I kept breaking needles. I dreaded ripping them apart to take out the interfacing and that is why I haven’t finished it.
—Nancy Angelo on January 16, 2013I have a quilt top that is part of the way finished, several blocks are done and others in the works. When I started the quilt top I really liked it, lots of colors and prints, but it has been sitting there partly finished for several years. I took it out of the box I had it stored in to work on it and put it back, I don’t like the colors any more. I also have a red, white, and blue wall hanging or baby quilt that I started because I LOVED it and now it just sits there in a bag. It just seems to be to many pieces for it to be so small. I keep saying someday maybe just maybe I will get inspired to finish this one also, but so far it hasn’t.
—Elizabeth on January 16, 2013What UFO would I give away? Oh that’s an easy one! I made a queen size bedspread size quilt made of nine patches. I thought I would want something simple and sunny for my summertime bed. It’s all finished and it turned out… well just okay. Not as "happy" feeling as I’d hoped. And of course when I say it’s all finished, I’m fibbing. Because there is still the quilting to be done (which is too much for my little machine and will cost a lot to send to a longarmer because of the size) and the binding, of course. So, there it sits. On the top of a stack of fabric in my sewing room. Oy.
—Sherryl on January 16, 2013I have several block of the month projects started. They need sashing.
—Diane Wright on January 16, 2013I don’t care for straight sashing so I keep postponing finishing the quilt.
I think they need a medallion or applique. It would be nice if it was somebody elses problem.
Well I never thought about giving away a UFO !! That is a novel idea. But I still have a dream of finishing all my quilts up !!! So I don’t think I could really part with any of them. There are some kits that I have bought that I have never started and have decided that I will not make them but I have delegated the fabrics from those kits to other projects. So see I might make something of the kits or parts of kits yet !!!
Brenda
—Brenda T on January 16, 2013I’d have a hard time deciding between the Camellia cross stitch embroidery kit from several years ago or the block of the month quilt from a store I refuse to enter again. The cross stitch kit has gotten to the point that I make 3 or 4 stitches and then have to change color. And, the quilt reminds me of how very rude and dishonest some folks can be.
—Mary on January 16, 2013It would have to be a quilt I started over 4 years ago. I was given several yards of cotton fabric with orange, red, and green flowers on a black background. I am not fond of orange. I decided to try a kaleidascope block and then designed a layout of the blocks on a black background with a couple small borders. After putting it aside on several occasions, it is now sandwiched and ready for the quilting design. I can’t decide how to quilt it. It will probably be another 4 years before I finally get it quilted and bound.
—Julie B on January 16, 2013I usally have just a few UFO’s, but depending on "what counts" I have about 15 now
I would give away 2 quilt kits I never started . I liked the quilts, wanted something fast , but most of the fun is designing the project . Someone else would enjoy it, the colors are a "sure thing",its all there . That would leave me to finish the batik grandmothers fan, or the 11 blocks done paper pieced BOM , and the monocrome birds in the air , and my many attempts at making perfect ovals , that were a little more challenging to design . I would feel good, and so would the recpient.
—Lynn Bentson on January 16, 2013I have a patchwork apron top as my UFO that I would love to trade. Not having much sewing experience coupled with never having made one of these before, I made this top and while it came out cute, the top/bust part and bottom skirt part have yet to be joined. Will I ever join them? Probably not. So I have both pieces tucked away in my sewing stash. I was just not happy with some minor parts of each piece so it all became a UFO instead of a nifty hippie top!
—Heather on January 16, 2013I would trade my Moda U mystery designer quilt from several years ago. I love the fabric I used but hated the way the quilt pattern turned out as it was released. I haven’t seen a pretty one completed yet. I’ve thought about using the blocks in smaller pieces but it’s so disappointing to see the time wasted to make all the smaller portions. I would give it someone with all the fabric to make something wonderful if they would take it. I used a pink and lime and purple fabric line….it was awesome fabric. but then the July block was 4th of July…who ever would finish a patriotic block in rose, pink, green and purple. I have tons of UFO’s but this is the one I plan on never completing.
—Mary Jordan on January 16, 2013We did have a UFO exchange at the Christmas guild party. I had a panel of a Santa dressed in a white robe. I had basted it so it was ready for any kind of quilting. I got blue strips, all widths, cut 6″ long. I sewed them all side by side, and made a modern quilt! It is a lot of fun to get something someone else has started. (And I prefer "in progress" not UFO….)
—Patty Ashworth on January 16, 2013It would have to be that bunny quilt that I started about a million years ago. Well, maybe it was only thirty years ago, but that’s still a while back! I bought these printed bunny panels that were supposed to be made into stuffed animals but in my mind they were PERFECT for appliques! So I got some green fabric on which to scatter these huge (15 – 20 inches tall) brown bunnies, some front view, some back view. I also found the PERFECT border print of white bunnies on a black background with some pink and green thrown in the mix. And I found the PERFECT green flannel with white bunnies fabric for the lining. I figured my baby boy would love it growing up. But I could never quite wrap my mind around where to place those stupid bunnies and the blades of darker green grass that I also intended to scatter between the bunnies. (My son actually had a baby quilt with a similar type panel applique raccoon on it that my mother had made him and he still cherishes it to this day as he looks forward to the birth of his own son in a few months.) So those fabrics still lie clustered together in the bottom drawer of my stash bureau, and I am thankful to report that fabric bunnies DO NOT replicate into more bunnies but they also DO NOT hop away on their own!
—Carol C on January 16, 2013I have an adorable baby quilt, the babyis now three and this quilt really lays heavy on my shoulders. I have a feeling I would enjoy my sewing space so much more if that quilt was finished and out of there. I may just run upstairs and see if I can finish it, now that I’ve said it out loud it will really bother me.
—Sylvia Arman on January 16, 2013I have a stained glass quilt I started for my sister over 8 years ago. It has such potential! I cringe everytime I start to get it out mostly because of the time invested already.
—Janice on January 16, 2013Easy answer … the Bear’s Paws quilt I started in 2001 using leftover Thimbleberries fabrics. It is definitely on the bottom of the list of UFOs I want to complete someday. Just a few blocks are made and I haven’t touched the box for over five years.
—Julia Renken on January 16, 2013I have a Texas star quilt started fifteen years ago at a class i took. The center of the star of would not sit flat. When i asked the instructor what went wrong, she told me to take it apart and start all over again. I did as she said with the same results. No answer. I felt i had put all the time into the project the way i was instructed. Since i never could ‘get it right’, it is my one and only UFO and I’d gladly let it go!
—Ray Barreras on January 16, 2013A thousand pyramids quilt. I just can’t piece the triangles in a straight line. Never know how to align the cut pieces. I hate those points!
—carmen on January 16, 2013To: KittenWithAWhiplash(quirky question) You could bind off the armhole edges of the sweater and use the garment as a vest. A yarn shop could probably help you or an experienced knitter. Best wishes to you, Joan Miller.
—Joan Miller on January 16, 2013I have a civil war bride quilt that I have yet to put the borders on and I hate this quilt, have no idea why I ever started this because it is all applique and I don’t like applique
—ann hoffman on January 16, 2013I would give away the first quilt I ever attempted. It was a pinwheel pattern in Christmas fabric. My husband bought me a Serger for Christmas and I thought I could use it to quilt. Cut and sew in one easy step! Needless to say every block is a different size. I soon received a sewing machine deigned for quilting. I think I need to mess up my next project and maybe I will receive a long arm for Christmas.
—Susan Riddle on January 16, 2013If I were going to trade UFOs, I think I’d give a stack of orphan blocks because it would be so much fun to see what someone else would do with them. Also because I loveeeeee getting someone else’s orphan blocks and being creative with them.
—Linda on January 16, 2013I have a UFO called Persian Plenty, and while it does make a pretty quilt; it is also a pain in the butt to make. It would NOT sadden my heart, one bit, to see it go. Bye-bye!
Keep smiling,
—Lynnita Shipman on January 16, 2013That’s a really hard question. I do have quite the stash though and some of it has been there a long time. First I would have to make a commitment and go to the big cabinet, close my eyes, slide my hands in and grab a bunch out. No matter what I pulled out would have to go. It’s kind of exciting cause then I would have room for new stuff. LOL
—Marsha Nelson on January 16, 2013I was so excited to participate in a row quilt. Rows were to measure 54″. The rows I received measured from 46″ to 58″. Took the fun out of my excitement.
—Cheryl S on January 16, 2013I finished the quilt top for my second child back in 01. However, he informed me that he’d prefer it look like a comforter as opposed to a quilt. More "puffy" were his words. It’s made from 10inch corduroy (sp)squares between 9 patch squares of cotton. I’m not sure how to make it puffy. Perhaps double batting and ticking at the square intersections?
—debbie lee on January 16, 2013I am the UFO, also called ROUNDTOIT, (you know, someday I’ll get around to it) Chairman for our Guild. In 2012, we had 19 participants in our monthly challenges, 207 listed UFO’s, and 17 finished. Our end of the year drawing winner won a bag filled with quilt related goodies. How many UFO’s did I have? 37. How many did I finish….none. I have worked on several throughout the last 10 years, but none were actually finished. One needed a binding, Rose Hill, MS ex-friend took it. She didn’t even want the Persian Plenty quilt. Darn the luck!
Keep smiling,
—Lynnita Shipman on January 16, 2013If I could trade an UFO it would be a tumbling block Christmas tree skirt. Not sure why, but it just wont sit right & its driving me crazy & I’ve had it for about 7 years!
—Francine Warren on January 16, 2013I have a UFO of a wedding ring quilt that was assembled with an applique technique. I never finished it because it was difficult for me to put the colors together. The fabric is 2 Sisters and very pretty, so I’d love to give it to someone who would finish it and give it a good home.
—Jocelyn on January 16, 2013If I could give away or trade one ufo, it would be the quilt I am working on for my eldest son. He requested a "not too busy" quilt….I told him maybe he just needed to buy a blanket ! So, I have tried several times to come up with a design that isn’t too busy, but they all seem too plain to me. My most recent block was a paper pieced star that I thought would look good right in the middle of all the same fabric pieces around it….it looked awful. So, I’m still trying to figure out what I can do. Help !!!! It may become the single ufo I NEVER finish.
—Maryann Peters on January 16, 2013I have a red white and blue UFO that was from a "Mystery" quilt about 8-10 years ago. Most of the blocks are finished however I just don’t like the way it looks when the blocks are layed out; I didn’t realize at the time how much contrast I would need and my reds and blues are large scale prints that kind of mesh together when placed next to each other. And to think I normally love red white and blue quilts. Maybe someone else would like the way they look so it’s the one I’d trade in a heartbeat!
—Liz Carter on January 16, 2013Any clothing that I tried to sew with a machine when I took a sewing class. I can do any craft, but sewing with a machine. For whatever reason when the clothing project had to be inverted to measure…my brain didn’t comprehend, it drives me insane!
—Patti D on January 16, 2013Insult to injury? My mother sews beautifully!
It’s a goal though, one that I WILL achieve!
I might add, my sewing teacher asked me to quit the class and try another time lol
My Dear Jane! She is close to being done and yet so far. She was my first quilt and All I had was a book with no directions, a double dose of breast cancer, chemo and a totally hairless body, yet I persisted. Had a friend, who was learning to use a longarm quilt her–disaster! I have been taking out the machine quilting and hand quilting as I go. It is a slow and painful process rememscient of my painful breast reconstruction process. Maybe someday I will finish it but if I don’t, oh well.
—Leah on January 16, 2013She has good memories as well, through her I met wonderful friends, traveled to Dear Jane gatherings, gained a wonderful "adopted" son and survived to live yet more days.
Can I give away just some of my blocks? A few years ago I took a class with foundation piecing and random strips, to make a bed of roses quilt. All the blocks were again, random sizes and I made a couple of blocks really large. And of course, they won’t lay flat. I would hate to throw them out, but I would never put them in one of my quilts; if someone would like to swap me, they’d be more than welcome!!
—Sandra on January 16, 2013My one UFO was purple quilt. I had used poly/cotton fabric. The 14″ blocks were rather big to quilt with home machine. I would have loved to trade it to have never looked at it again, instead it laid in box for ten years. Where upon I purchased a longarm and still had puckers. The biggest problem, don’t use poly fabric. I gave the quilt to charity and it did make $175!
—Linda C on January 16, 2013It would definitely be what my friend and I fondly call the quilt blocks from he.. We decided to do a BOM from a LQS a few years ago. Recently we tried putting it together only to find that the blocks were missing fabric pieces, some of the patterns had the wrong measurements, and almost all of the blocks came out different sizes. We also could not get matching fabric because they no longer had it. Anyway ….I have finished the blocks and they wait for inspiration as to how to put them together into a finished product.
—Wendy P on January 16, 2013As a new quilter teaching myself, my UFO’s are a terrible mess and I would be devastated if anyone had the misfortune to take one. LOL! I have learned (quickly) to stay with the squares and retangles for a while. One day I would love to swap with someone but not anytime soon.
—Evelyn Johnson on January 16, 2013I bought a mariners star pattern and started it, but it is beyond me. Would love to trade it.
—Terry Austin on January 16, 2013Oh my. . .easy answer . . .none!!! I’m working through my UFOs and moving them into my WIPs (Works In Process) and I can honestly say that the lessons I learn through each project continue to help improve my skills and my confidence. I’m currently finishing the last block of a Maggie Walker applique project that I started as a BOM in 2008! I really didn’t know much about needleturn applique then and although I’m still not great at the process, I’m more confident now and feeling excited about sewing these finished blocks into a top before the end of 2013!!!
—Terry K on January 16, 2013As a novice quilter, there are many UFOs from all the classes I’ve taken. What didn’t get done in the class time is still waiting for me to figure out or have that one on one time of an instructor. I think I’d give the one with the most points/corners to match since my 1/4 inch seam seems to be anything but 1/4 inch. I am getting better now but hate the thought of ripping everything out just to make it right. Yikes, what a thought!
—Vickie - Tucson on January 16, 2013I wish I could trade away a partially finished quilt that my grandmother started in the early 30′s. My mother inherited the unfinished project and I would see her get it out, fold it up and put it away. To my surprise —my Mom somehow decided that she would leave this quilt to me rather than to my sister. I find myself doing the same thing as my Mom. I take it out, look at it, fold it up and put it away without doing any work on it. I don’t know what it is about the quilt but I just don’t have any desire to finish it up. Yet, I can’t seem give it away either. ( My only sister passed away so I can’t give it to her either.)
—VB on January 16, 2013Our guild did a block of the month that I participated in. The individual fabrics were pretty, but when I put them together in individual blocks and then tried to put the blocks together – OIY! I’m trying to figure out how to make individual trivets I can use. But there is one block that is totally helpless in my house!
—Angela S on January 16, 2013My UFO would have to be the project that I haven’t started yet, because I push myself to finish one project before I start another. I made a resolution many years ago when it came to my sewing and crafts that if I was going to do it, then I would not have unfinished projects sitting around. If I started something, I would have to finish it before I could start another, or else I would have to do away with it before starting another. So therefore, I always think before I start a project, so decide if I really want to do it. And I always have to have my house work done before I work on my crafts.
—Rose Cannon on January 16, 2013A ‘One Block Wonder’ it has pink flamingos in the fabric. Actually turned out good so far. But I had morning sickness when I was doing it. Now every time I look at it I get that same sick to my stomach feeling. Maybe in a few more years it will not bother me.
—Maurine on January 16, 2013I have several UFO’s that need to be completed. Some I love and want to finish, but need the time and also need to stop starting new ones!! I love starting new quilts, who doesn’t. If I had to pick one right now it would be my Savannah quilt. I went to a quilt shop, to remain unnamed at this point, and saw it on the wall as a class. I loved it and the idea was buy your fabric there and they would cut it and make packets and we would all have beautiful quilts with a variety of fabrics. Well, the shop workers also participated, however, they made the packets and took the ones they wanted first. To add insult to injury, they also chose their seats for the class before class with the packets at their seats. We got the leftovers! When I complained to the owner, he said well that is the privilege of working here! I told him I would never be back and never have been, nor will I, and yes, when I tell this elsewhere I use the shop’ s name and location! So, every time I look at that unfinished quilt, I think of that class and shop and it makes me too mad to even work on it!
—Barb on January 16, 2013I would definitely take my several-year-old applique UFO and leave it on the porch of one of my friends. Ring the bell, then run like mad. Only problem is, they all know that quilt and it would end up back on my porch in a flash!
—Karen on January 16, 2013I like someone to finish my 1st sampler ( class paid for by my son;now 47) PLEASE!! ??
—sandra on January 16, 2013@ Melissa w/dots: Put some black with all those colors and see what happens. You just might like it.
—Claudia on January 16, 2013My UFO? the blue and white chopped up mess of a fabric presently hanging on my wall. It needs borders to be large enough for the intended purpose, but "it’s" not happening yet. It is an "x block" project, and I hope to send it to a Hurricane Sandy survivor, so time is of the essence, but it has been up there for a good 6 weeks.
Don’t ask how many others are languishing/aging. There’s a Valentine for a baby last year. Ordered the alternate block fabric from Florida (I live in Washington), and it just doesn’t "happen". First birthday is coming up.
I attended a conference in the early 1990′s and we each made a block using a piece of fabric provided. The last day of the conference there was a drawing and I won a group of the blocks. The blocks are for the most part beautiful and remind me of a great time but they are color I’m not attracted to and several are so heavily embellished that they are just not me. Since others made them, I have trouble letting go, but since quilt pieces I love more keep crawling to the top of the UFO pile, they are the ones that sometimes get finished. This one group of blocks moves ever closer to the bottom of the drawer my oldest UFO’s reside in.
—Susan Kelley on January 16, 2013I have been trying to use up many yarns and so decided to make a very colorful afghan. All the colors were numbered and it is about 1/3 finished. This has been in the making since about the 1980′s. The colors look great but hasn’t been worked on in about five years or more. This quirky question is a reminder of what is waiting in a basket upstairs to be completed.
—Mary on January 16, 2013I would so trade a block of the month club I joined many years ago. Beautiful fabric but the instructions were not so good. So several of the blocks I had to remake and there is alot of applique in the setting still to do….Augh
—Angela on January 16, 2013I have a few UFOs. I really don’t mind calling them that. I do consider them ‘in progress’ too, because I really do intend on finishing them… sometime ;0) The quilt I am working on right now is the one I would trade.
—Marion on January 16, 2013My sweet Hubby bought me a package of fat quarters that he thought were ‘batiks’. He went into the quilt shop and asked for "boutiques" and got some fabrics that seem Asian inspired, which is ok, but the colour groupings are not my taste. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I didn’t like them and decided to make myself stretch and design and make a quilt using them anyways. Making myself grow and coming up with something that I can be proud of is challenging! I decided that if I don’t like it in the end I will donate it to a charity. That way it is all good.
("Gasp") – give one of them away? Never! I love them all, and I WILL finish them – one day!!
—Valerie Strickland on January 16, 2013I would give away The equilt as you go place mats I started in a class & have never been able to finish.
—Sharon Rosenau on January 16, 2013The UFO I would give away would be the Dresden Quilt pattern that I attempted to make into a set of charming placemats as a gift for my Bonus Mom. I cut the pieces too thin, and could not get the seams right to have a center circle that was not wonky-shaped. I still go back to it every now and then….I am determined to succeed, if I go bald from pulling out my hair in the process, lol!
—Marie P on January 16, 2013The UFO to give away is a holiday project–any holiday project. I never seem to get them done in time or they never seem to come out the way I’d hoped. Or my taste or decorating has changed and the fabric isn’t quite right. I definitely could pass them on for someone else to finish. Who knows? Maybe I would end up with someone else’s holiday project that I’d truly be inspired to finish and enjoy!
—Valerie on January 16, 2013I think it would be a wonky 9-patch in red, white & blue baseball materials. If I remember right, I cut some of the blocks leaning the wrong way….ergh.
—quiltzyx/sue on January 16, 2013…. I have a block of the month thing I did with a quilt shop – got the fabrics for the next block free if you brought your finished one to class from the previous meet – well I was doing 2 of them, 1 in R/W/B, one in brights on black – I finished the R/W/B for another veteran – and the other one is still in the bag. I just don’t like it, and it’s been there for about 8 years Yes, 8 years. I have the backing in the bag with it, but I just don’t like it.
—Sandra McFerran on January 16, 2013I made all the blocks for a flannel "rag" quilt–the kind where you leave the edges fringed and dry it in the dryer ten thousand times. I chose the pattern because I wanted something I could finish myself, without taking it to my longarm quilter, back when my own machine didn’t have the strength to quilt a quilt. Now I’m able to quilt my own quilts if I choose to and I must admit I don’t love the look of those raggedy quilts, but I spent enough money on the lovely flannel that I feel as if I should finish it. But I don’t want to. Sigh.
—Beth T. on January 16, 2013Bought a kit at a quilt store going out of business and cut out all the material as directed, I started with the center 9 patch finishing them all thwn when I went to the next boarder found it didn’t fit. I didn’t realize that when I used my machine for zigzag on a previous project my needle was not right on the 1/4″ mark on the foot I use, hence the 9 patch was to big and everything else to small-so The quilt has been ON THE SHELf ever since
—ELIZABETH CROSS on January 16, 2013The UFO that I would trade mmight be my unfinished foundation pieced "California Bear, BUT…..it has great sentimental value as my oldest UFO, so if I got right down to the line, I actually might not be able to part with it!
—Joanne Lenigan on January 16, 2013Our local quilt shop hosted a mystery quilt project and I was not thrilled with the result. It’s not terrible, and someday I may quilt it and give it away, but I would not be sorry to see it go. In sharp contrast my other projects are like dear friends that I miss when they are gone. Even the ones that take a while to complete have a special place in my heart.
—Linda Towers on January 17, 2013I would HAVE to trade the strip-pieced fish quilt that will NEVER get finished. The fish print is small, brightly colored fish on black and the other fabric is an orange tone-on-tone print. It’s somewhere about 20 years old, and I started it when I had just discovered rotary cutters and strip piecing. Got the blocks done and sewn into panels….only to realize that with the strip piecing, the fish are now swimming VERTICALLY instead of HORIZONTALLY. It looks like some kind of aquarium experiment gone very, very wrong. And, in spite of the fish, the quilt has a very definite HALLOWEEN look to it….so I’ll just let it sit and languish in the closet until I figure out how to recycle it….but that will probably be when I retire…and that’s 9 1/2 years away…..SIGH!
—Dotty Bailey on January 17, 2013I think I have the mother of all UFO’s. I’ve dabbled in a bit of everything over the years. Candle wicking, embroidery, tole painting, lap quilting along with sewing for my family of three then four from the time they were toddlers through high school and college. With my children active in school and then high school and college sports, there was no time for crafts, let alone a quilt I started 26+ years ago.
Then my sister & husband relocated from Doha, Qater back to Texas. She started quilting while in the middle east and was a member of the quilt gild there and has produced some of the most beautiful quilts. Her enthusiasm and love of quilting has inspired me to pick up quilting again, but I wanted to finish my lap quilt (Moon Over the Mountain) I started in North Carolina. All the pieces had been cut, 2 squares were completed and it was in a back hall closet somewhere waiting, and calling for me. I didn’t think I’d ever pick it back up and finish, but my sister begged me to bring it to her home along with the pattern and we’d get started. Well……… after seeing the book with little to no instructions………….she told me, “You need to start over with something new, fun and simple and get rid of that thing from 30 years ago! That’s crazy.” She showed me so many patterns and how I could see the difference in how much easier quilting is and can be! Here we go, but it won’t be my Moon Over the Mountain. My UFO should be bequeathed to my sister, Freda who I dearly love and admire. If anyone can finish this she can. J
Sincerely,
Virgie Viverette – Mont Belvieu, Texas
—Virgie on January 17, 2013IF WE ALL TRADED UFO’S WHICH ONE WOULD I GIVE AWAY? AND WHY?…..I WOULD TRADE/GIVE/DROP OFF IN A PLAIN BROWN WRAPPER-BAG AT THE DOOR, RING THE BELL AND RUN…..A Judy Martin 1978 Kalidescope quilt with 1,690 pieces that is possessed. Every time I get the inclination or energy to pick it up again…I find errors, mistakes, mismatched seams, wrong placed pieces…it seems to recreate itself in an antique Chinese carved chest that my Grammie Esther gave me for fabric as a child.
Maybe I will ask a friends if they want a really nice…pieced rainbow colored quilt for a dog bed….or two…or three dog beds… Why should it go to the dogs? tee hee hee: they are color blind
—Jacque on January 17, 2013I could part with a scrappy log cabin quilt I started and never finished because I made a fabric choice mistake. I put dark colored strips where some light ones went so I set it aside to work on later. It never gets my attention to finish.
—Rosalind Gutierrez on January 17, 2013I would gladly give up my repainting inside my house project because that would give me more time to finish my UFO quilting projects. Those I really want to finish myself.
—Bernadette Kresta on January 17, 2013i think I would give away the mystery quilt that I have started but it didn’t turn out like I thought I would so I haven’t finished it. It has some good colors but they didn’t give good instrustions on size to cut some pieces so you kind of use your on thoughts on what to do and I don’t think mine was the right decision. So therefore it will be hard for me to finish. Like to give it away.
—Barbara Adams on January 17, 2013I started a quilt for my daughter years ago and after cutting out all the pieces, I realized the quilt didn’t have any color to it. It was basically an off white quilt. There wasn’t any easy way to add color to it except to change the whole thing. So I put it in a plastic container and made her another one. But I never did go back and finish the first; still have it!
—Sandra on January 17, 2013I have a "landscape" mini quilt that I started, doubt I’ll finish it, its just something I think was ugly. It’s hard to get in the mood to finish it or use my time to do it.
—Marilyn Higgins on January 17, 2013I have far too many ufo’s in my stash. But the one i would willingly trade is one i started for my brother’s 50th birthday. it is paper pieced and based on Italian mosaic tiles. It started out so much fun, but so far has been a raging pain in my assssssss. Paper piecing curves is my own living hell. I love a challenge, i really do but this quilt is getting the better of me, aggggghhhhhhhhhhhh. Thank you for the chance to vent and win. Happy quilting to all.
—Sharon Meyer on January 17, 2013I have a ton of UFO’s — but the one I would most like to have finished (and of course returned) is a snake river log cabin by Judy Martin — in yellows and blues. Sooooo many pieces but I would love the end result. I have about 25% of the blocks done — but then of course I need to have the border done too!
—Suzanne on January 17, 2013I started a baby quilt last year for my friend’s unborn child, He was born in April, By the time I finish it he will be in college. Because i wasn’t finished I purchased some gifts for him, but still need to finish this quilt. It has appligued duckies on it. Now just need to finish quilting it.
—Denise S. on January 17, 2013UFOs after reading some of the above stories.I find mine is no different.
—Darlene Joyner on January 17, 2013I still have the first quilt I started 197? I have lost the pattern and I am not into calico prints now so it will remain as is UNFINISHED..
So that leaves just one and it has had me stumped for several years. I would love to finish it but just cannot seem to figure out how. I hang it on the design wall every once in a while and leave it there for several days and then take it down and..still unfinished.
I would trade or give an almost finished jacket, it is faux sued on one side, and super soft fur on the other. It is all done ….except the buttonholes! keep butchering them even have the buttons sewn on. My quilts always get finished, I love the final act of doing the quilting myself. Have even quilted queen size on a Bernina440. now I have a new B710, so it is a lot more room. Black Friday put me in the red for it, but it is worth it In between lots of baby quilts, all 14 of my grandchildren are getting a quilt to suit their passion in life A hint to the people who hate the colours on a finished quilt, try fabric markers to shade them differently. I like Copic markers
—Wanda on January 17, 2013I can only give away one?!? I guess it would be a quilted Christmas Stocking. When I bought it, I thought it would be quick to piece & quilt. What was I thinking? This stocking has become an annual tradition at our house. I pull it out every year, look it over, re-read the directions & quickly put it back in it’s comfortable little cubby hole again. About the same time, my husband says with a little twinkle in his eye, "Are we going to see that stocking this year"?
—Mary on January 17, 2013The one UFO I’d give away is the "pointless" one. If there’s not a seam allowance next to the point, I’d have a point sewn in to the seam. Nobody wants a "pointless" quilt. I mean, what’s the point?
—VickiGene on January 17, 2013Quilt time is playtime NOT waisted time
—Audrey on January 17, 2013The UFO I’d give away (but want back) is a quilt my daughter and I started when she was in kindergarten. She is now a sophomore in high school. The top is pieced but since she really wanted to sew it by herself, it is not all sewn with the same seam allowance. It really needs to be taken apart. Someday…maybe. A lot of good memories in that quilt top but dreading the redo to get it right.
—Heather H on January 17, 2013Radiant Star is the UFO I will give away. The reason resides in that no book or person tells you or warns you about what happens if you use different kind of cottons to build it. The result of different kinds of cottons: it will never match as well as you wanted or dreamed it. Neither the center will go right! So… the truth is that it remained as a UFO for about six years but I didn’t gave it away. Instead with the already joined pieces I have build different things as purses, individual mats,… it is a good idea for things you really do not like and instead of throwing away your time and enthusiasm… work with an open mind toward transformation. UFOs are a good excuse for innovation and acts of creation. Rosa.
—Rosa Giron on January 17, 2013I just went through my UFO’s (over 20!) I got rid of the ones I had no interest in anymore so I’m good with that job! I do have one that I kept but don’t think I’ll ever finish because of the size of the blocks and it’s done in scraps. It’s called "Crackers" and it has 4 inch blocks made of scraps. I think it will be way to busy the way I have used my scraps. I may make it into something besides a quilt though just to finish it.
—Brenda Hulsey on January 18, 2013I was making a girly-girl baby quilt for a friend’s niece – a double Irish chain out of pink, white, and a light green fabric with pink roses, when my male cat urinated in the bag containing the unfinished blocks. I soaked the blocks and they are fine, albeit "tea-dyed." It would be a beautiful quilt and I would love to give this project to someone with a girly-girl cat or dog who would not be so bothered by the formerly white background fabric.
—Carole Holmberg on January 18, 2013I had never quilted in my life and decided to try it out….only it came out so bad it’s been a UFO for the past 4 years….give it to someone not in your life! I would be too embarrassed…however, perhaps it will be the year to try again or I just may salvage it….aside from the quilting, I have an unfinished Afghan which was meant as a Christmas present, and 31 years of scrapbooking!! One baby step at a time or should I say,one project a day and maybe I will finish one by the end of the year! LOL!
—crafty.grandma.56 on January 18, 2013I would give away a set of sampler blocks that I made from an online modern block-along. I do not like my fabric selections,have no idea how to put them together, and they have sat in a pile for more than a year.
—MarciaW on January 18, 2013I have plenty of UFO’s – too numerouse to count! I would give one particular one away that I participated in a block of the month where the fabrics were provided. They were not really my taste, so I would trade it with someone who would love it as much as I love some of my other UFO’s. Now I have to get them done!
—Jan Staples on January 18, 2013I have a quilt top I made from a mail away mystery quilt project back in 1998, but when I pieced it together it was all wonky and the colors look flat. Nice 1 1/4 " squares and 1/2sq. Triangles, but depressing looking. Sad but I think I might like it if someone ELSE finished it for me. My Mom tells me the sampler cross stitch her Mom made says it was completed when she was 12. She said her Mom finished it when she was in her 20′s. am I carrying on a tradition??
—Polly on January 18, 2013I’d give away my BOM quilt. It seemed like I would work real hard on the block for a couple of days… and once it was finished.. I had to wait for the next month. Thus, by the time all the blocks were completed, I didn’t have the DRIVE to assemble it. I’d switch in a heartbeat.
—Suz C. on January 18, 2013The UFO I am having the most difficulty completing is a quilt for my Mom. In Oct of 2011 I decided to design a sampler and make it for my Mom. At first I worked on it very hard, but due to many disagreement’s I often stopped working on it for month’s at a time. I continued to talk to her and try and work out the disagreement’s, but was often unable to sit down and work on this quilt with all of the love I generally put into a quilt. In March of 2012, I began working on this quilt with vigor. Unfortunately, she passed away shortly after I resumed the task of completing the quilt. Thus, I am left with the task of finishing a quilt that I have no idea whom to give to and memories of postponing a task until it was to late.
—Grace on January 18, 2013Not only do I have my own UFO’s, but my mother died almost four years ago and I inherited hers. She was a prolific quilter, and towards the end of her life she did not see well, but would not admit it so anyone, so she made some blocks, won some blocks at her quilt guild, and had boxes of blocks she never sewed together. I just completed two quilts of hers – one 40 years old, made for her bed – she even hand quilted it. At of completing the quilt she had technical problems and did not bind it. It is now ready to be sent to my son, who inherited their bedroom set.
I have blocks of the month from quilt shops, I’ve made ten or eleven blocks. I am making them into large nine-patches and donating the remaining blocks to charity.
This is the time of year that I complete UFO’s. The weather is bad, it is cold, and it feels wonderful to work with material, the garden is not calling my name yet.
—Sloane on January 19, 2013When my marriage started showing cracks (only 3 months before my husband left) I began an applique quilt where I created several hearts that started out as two halves of a broken heart; each block depicted the heart ‘healing’ and drawing closer together. I haven’t been able to sew the blocks into a quilt top and really don’t want to.
I think I need to find that little bundle of blocks and burn them on the bbq. Maybe sending those trapped emotions out into the universe would be much healthier than knowing they’re sitting in a corner somewhere.
—Kayt on January 20, 2013My UFO is fabric I bought to make a baby quilt for my Grand Daughter. She’s going to be 16 in March. I bought a pretty pink floral and a pink solid to go with it. I was not a "quilter" yet the pieces were cut on the bias and handled to much. Since then I’ve watched many quilting shows and bought many books and magazines. I now know that it’s easier to sew both sides from corner to corner then cut. If I end up keeping it I’d have to finish it for the day she might have a daughter. LOL………Oh did I mention that the fabric is a polished cotton? type fabric.
—Patricia Sherman on January 20, 2013Ugh – I would definitely give away a crocheted bath mat project. I made one for my Mom and that was tough enough, but my sister fell in love and wanted me to make her one. It’s an awful project so I haven’t gotten back to it again.
—Carmen on January 21, 2013I would like to talk about a UFO my friend had. She started a rabbit baby quilt for her son over 25 years ago. Sadly he was killed in Iraq. My friend was cleaning out her closet and came across "his" quilt. She could not bear to keep it nor even look at it. It was in pieces still, with much of the fabric fraying on the ends. I suggested she give it to me. I changed it up a bit, but used her original embroidered rabbit in the center, simplified it a bit and then added some fun buttons that gave it the color and lift it needed. It was as cute as can be when done. Then, I gave it as a gift to a mutual friend who has been dear and loved by not only me, but my UFO friend too. It was a perfect gift from "both" of us. Sometimes UFO’s date back many years, and the colors are unique and different, but when completed with love, can become a treasured gift to the right person!
—Mama Mia on January 22, 2013